Saturday, November 26, 2011

Monticello

Tracks down the middle of the street.
But the Monon doesn't run them anymore.
Miles pass mutely by on the way to Monticello.
Hoping some of my questions are lost on the way home.




Your signature was recognized by men much smarter than me.
But their rate of concentration lapses.
Replaced by apprehension, realizing what, if not sure when.
But not long...as your fuel breezes past their skyward gaze,
as it tracks down the middle of the street.


I see the black sky boil over and spill to the ground.
And it tracks down the middle of the street...taking aim on all I know.
The walls are giving up, but instruments persevere.
Pressure and mercy rapidly fade in equal measure.




Accounting for what is no longer.
Trying to remember all I know, now gone.
Disbelief tunnels my vision.
And it tracks down the middle of the street.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Aftermath

I used to dream of spring
and a lifetime of long June days
I watched you walk away into the warm, whistling wind
Singing with your voice, "So long".

I should have stopped you in your tracks,
by the tracks long lost.
I should have realized and spoken these words...
"Take all my tomorrows and give me one more hour tonight."

I've been walking for so long,
but I've never gotten too far.
Impeded by spring's warm, whistling wind
which caught and carried my life away.

As I gaze into your face -- brilliant, blue, and fair.
Words catch and choke as I ask myself again.
How many more steps till I can stop drawing this spring air?